268 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



but the general facies and colouring are different ; and the shape and 

 size of the labrum are identical with that of Arsinoe. 



MaTABELE MIRANDA. 



Black, shining ; head closely and finely punctured ; prothorax 

 rounded in the anterior part, nearly straight from above the median 

 part to the posterior angle, which is sharp, median part of the base 

 produced behind, lateral outer margins recurved, disk slightly de- 

 pressed laterally, the depression deeper in the posterior part and 

 scrobiculate all over ; elytra elongato-quadrate, a little broader past 

 the middle than at the shoulders, which are very slightly rounded, 

 deeply sinuate at the apex, with the lateral posterior angle sharp and 

 projecting a little, almost plane, narrowly striate, with the intervals 

 broad, the median part a little convex, and with two series of 

 deep irregular punctures, the three usual punctures on the third 

 interval distinct in spite of the others, black, very shining, and with two 

 transverse bright yellow patches on each side, the anterior one, equi- 

 distant from the base and median part, reaches from the second to 

 the ninth interval and consists of coalescing bands, the one on the 

 second interval is very short, and that on the fourth is projecting 

 forward more than the others, the posterior one reaches only the 

 eighth interval and is more transverse, and the band on the third 

 interval is very short ; under side piceous, black ; abdominal segments 

 briefly pubescent. Length 12|- mm. ; width 6 mm. 



Hah. Zambezia (Buluwayo). 



Gen. LEBISTINA, Motsch., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1864, ii., p. 227. 



Mentum without any median tooth or sinuation, the lobes much 

 rounded outwardly and diverging inwardly ; ligula horny, broadly 

 rounded at the tip, which bears a few setae ; paraglossse membra- 

 naceous, as broad as the ligula, a little shorter, with the outer sides 

 sloping, last joint of maxillary, and labial palpi fusiform and 

 truncate at the tip ; labrum transverse, truncate, and with six setae 

 in front ; antennae with the three basal joints quite hairless ; 

 prothorax broader than long, rounded in the anterior angles ; elytra 

 broader than the prothorax, gradually ampliated behind, more or 

 less convex and striate, and with two punctures on the third interval ; 

 legs short ; tarsi triangular, the fourth one incised, all thickly 

 clothed with short hairs underneath ; claws pectinate, the number 

 of teeth varying in number, eight on each side in L. caffra and six in 

 L. sanguinea. 



Hah. Lehistina is represented in Senegal and the Zanzibar 

 mainland. 



